Android NDK Revision 8 Adds MIPS Architecture Support

Google has just released Android Native Development Kit Revision 8, the Android SDK that allows developers to reuse C/C++ code. This version adds support for MIPS architecture and fixes a few bugs.

Here’s the changelog of the new features and most important bug fixes:

Added support for the MIPS ABI, which allows you to generate machine code that runs on compatible MIPS-based Android devices. Major features for MIPS include MIPS-specific toolchains, system headers, libraries and debugging support. For more details regarding MIPS support, see docs/CPU-MIPS.htmlin the NDK package.

Fixed a typo in GAbi++ implementation.

Fixed an issue in which make-standalone-toolchain.sh fails to copy libsupc++.*.

You can download Android NDK version 8 to develop native apps for MIPS or take advantage of the new bug fixes.

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